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Hello FRSD K-8 Families,
As we move forward with Distance Learning, we are working to create an efficient, safe way for learning packets to get back to your child’s teacher for review. To this end, each Monday we will have a box in front of our school that is labeled “Returned Work”. When you come to school to pick up the new week’s packet, please deposit the previous week’s packet in the box. Paperclips will be available if the packet has been taken apart. Please make sure your child’s name is on each page in the packet in the event that the packet becomes separated. If you forget to turn a packet in or your child does not finish it during the current week, no worries. Just drop it off the following week.
The box of returned work will be brought into the school on Monday afternoons and will sit for 5 days before work is handed over to teachers (based on current guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19). After this time frame, teachers will enter work as completed in gradebooks. Work will not be returned to students due to logistical and safety concerns however, it can be reviewed/discussed with teachers over the phone or through email.
For those of you receiving packets through the mail, please reach out to the school office to make individual arrangements.
UPDATE FROM LIFETOUCH IN REGARDS TO EES SPRING PHOTOS:
“Our lab has started processing photos and will begin to ship them directly to schools today 4/13. I am not sure if yours have been printed yet… if they haven’t they are in the queue to print and will ship to you when finished. I don’t have any more information other than that at this point. We only have 2 of 8 labs open right now so processing times are obviously slower.”
We will let families know when we get them 
Monday, April 13: 10:00 am – 12:30 pm & 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Dear FRSD Elementary Families-
As we move forward with Distance Learning, students in grades 1-5 will need access to their reading textbooks in order to complete classwork. Kindergarten students do not have a reading textbook, but will be receiving a weekly reading booklet. Both EES and VES will have books and their first week’s Distance Learning packets available for pickup on Monday, April 13. Student’s school supplies (from student desks) are being bagged and will also be available at the pickup times below. There will also be a box for collecting library books that you are ready to return.
EES students will pick up at the EES bus loop from 10:00-12:30 and 1:00-3:00
VES students will pick up at the VES bus loop from 10:00-12:30 and 1:00-3:00
If you are unable to come during this time, please call the school to arrange a time. If you have internet access, your child can log into their Think Central account and access the textbook materials online. More information about logins will be available soon. See you on Monday!
SCHOOLS CLOSED: At a 1:00 PM news conference, the Governor of Oregon closed our “physical schools” for the remainder of the school year. Schools are now fully charged to provide “Distance Learning” through the rest of the 2020 school year.
PATHWAY TO GRADUATION FOR OUR SENIORS: The state just released this 25-page document, that outlines the pathway to a diploma for our senior students. If you would like to review the document, I have attached it here (click here). Over the next 24 hours, I will be working on a 1-page summary of this document, along with EHS staff. I will post that summary tomorrow and will share our plan here in Fern Ridge, which is aligned with the requirements of this document.
9TH-11TH GRADE GUIDANCE: ODE has not released this specific guidance yet. As soon as they do, we will share this information.
DISTANCE LEARNING: This will begin next week, Monday the 13th. Teachers and administrators are working hard to roll this out. Having said that, now that we know we will be using this model through the end of the school year, we will be starting slow. It will look different at the various grade levels. We will get better at this with each passing day. Our staff is committed to serving our families and students for the next eight weeks or so with this model. We also understand that not only is this a challenge and heavy lift for our staff, but it is a heavy lift for our parents and families as well. We will work alongside our students and families in the days and weeks to come to meet your needs.
Gary E. Carpenter, Jr. Superintendent, FRSD 28J
Dear FRSD Elementary Families-
As we move forward with Distance Learning, students in grades 1-5 will need access to their reading textbooks in order to complete classwork. Kindergarten students do not have a reading textbook, but will be receiving a weekly reading booklet. Both EES and VES will have books and packets available for pickup on Monday, April 13.
EES students will pick up at the EES bus loop from 10:00-12:30 and 1:00-3:00
VES students will pick up at the VES bus loop from 10:00-12:30 and 1:00-3:00
If you are unable to come during this time, please call the school to arrange a time. If you have internet access, your child can log into their Think Central account and access the textbook materials online. More information about logins will be available soon.
https://www.ageoflearning.com/school_closure_pdf/ParentLetter_AofL_SCHOOL6364.pdf